[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042099B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 545-1488

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the North Gulf Oceanic Society, 
SPWS Building, 3776 Lake Avenue, Suite 204, P.O. Box 15244, Homer, 
Alaska 99603 has been issued a permit to take killer whales (Orcinus 
orca) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 
99802-1668 (907/586-7221).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 16, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 13004) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take killer whales had been submitted by the above-
named organization. The requested permit has been issued under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: April 30, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-11535 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]
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